Lambda Legal

Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

Lambda Legal

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The AVERT AIDS Challenge game is a great way to test your knowledge of HIV and AIDS. To succeed you'll need skill, quick thinking and a good grasp of the facts. The more you play this AIDS game, the more you will learn. You can then use this knowledge to educate your friends and family.

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AVERT

AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, working to AVERT HIV and AIDS worldwide.

AVERT has HIV and AIDS projects in countries where there is a particularly high rate of infection, such as sub-Saharan Africa, or where there is a rapidly increasing rate of infection such as in India.

We also take AIDS education and information to people in almost every country in the world through our web site, AVERT , the world's most popular AIDS website.

Aluna proibida de apresentar trabalho sobre Harvey Milk

Parece que nem o facto de o filme ter ganho um oscar abriu a consciência de algumas pessoas.
Texto retirado de pinknews.co.uk

"A California school which illegally censored a sixth-grade student's presentation of gay rights activist Harvey Milk may face a lawsuit.

Natalie Jones, who attends Mt Woodson Elementary School, was barred from showing her presentation out in class.

Instead, she was told she would have to show it during lunch break and only students with parental permission were allowed to attend.

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) which is handling the case on the student's behalf, the school violated her rights to free speech.

The school told Natalie's mother Bonnie Jones that she couldn’t give her presentation because of a district board policy on “Family Life/Sex Education".

Part of the policy reads: "(P)arents/guardians shall be notified in writing about any instruction in which human reproductive organs and their functions, processes, or sexually transmitted diseases are described, illustrated, or discussed. In addition, before any instruction on family life, human sexuality, AIDS or sexually transmitted diseases is given, the parent/guardian shall be provided with written notice explaining that the instruction will be given…”

“Schools that act as if any mention of the existence of gay people is something too controversial or ‘sensitive’ to discuss are doing a disservice to their students,” said Elizabeth Gill, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s national LGBT Project.

“This school completely overstepped its bounds in trying to silence Natalie Jones by shunting her presentation off to a lunch recess time and misusing a school policy to justify requiring parental permission to see it.”

Natalie's mother said: "This whole thing is unbelievable – first my daughter got called into the principal’s office as if she were in some kind of trouble, and then they treated her presentation like it was something icky.

“Harvey Milk was an elected official in this state and an important person in history. To say my daughter’s presentation is ‘sex education’ because Harvey Milk happened to be gay is completely wrong.”

The ACLU has sent a letter to the school demanding that Natalie should be sent a written apology, which in turn, parents should be told about.

It added that the student should be allowed an opportunity to give her presentation to all the other members of her independent research project class and that the school should clarify in writing that the parental notification and permission portion of the “Family Life/Sex Education” policy only applies to the curricula identified as “course content” for “Family Life/Sex Education instruction”.

It has said it will give the school district five days to respond, after which it may begin legal action on behalf of Natalie.

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TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation

TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation Mission Statement & Goals

TKPRF is committed to the premise that Gender Identity Disorder is something a child can't control and it is society that needs to change, not them.

TKPRF will strive to encourage families to allow their children the ability to grow-up free of gender roles.

TKPRF is committed to enhancing the future lives of TransKids by educating schools, peers, places of worship, the medical community, government bodies, and society in general, in an effort to seek fair and equal treatment of all transyouth.

TKPRF is committed to supporting TransKids in their school systems so they may receive equal rights in order to ensure a safe and bully free education.

TKPRF is committed to funding research to study the current plight and challenges of the transchild. There are currently no formal studies, books or data that can help guide parents when making decisions for treatment. Families are often met by resistance and healthcare professionals that give them incorrect, and at times, detrimental medical advice. There is an urgent need for curriculum changes in universities and medical school to meet the needs of all transgender individuals.

TKPRF plans to reach out to the homeless youth and those that have no where else to turn. Funds for healthcare, surgery and scholarships can be made available to transyouth in need.

TKPRF is aware that sex and gender are seen and used interchangeable in legal arenas. These two entities are very separate and need to be divided. It is time for the politicians to listen and for the medical professionals to speak up. It is time for the young voices of TransKids to be heard.

TransKids Purple Rainbow Foundation